Trial set to begin for 21 y.o.man charged w/hacking-beating Daddy & stepMommy to death at age 17,in GA
Joe1orbit
Hello,
Over in Georgia, the trial of 21 year old John Joseph Mock II is about to get
underway. Guess what? This is another case of a slave murdering his
slaveowners, and you know how much I enjoy all types of parricide cases. John
Joseph was only 17 years old when he allegedly HACKED and beat BOTH his
biological Daddy, aged 41, AND his stepMommy, aged 39, to death! John Joseph
killed them both in December of 1994, inside of the home where they all lived.
If convicted of the double murder, John Joseph, a BOY forced into SLAVERY to
his parents, with no attempt whatsoever made by your society to determine the
parental competency of the adult humans to whom John Joseph was FORCED to live
as a slave, faces the possibility of being legally murdered by your pathetic
society. He is pleading Not Guilty, no type of insanity defense is being
offered, his lawyer is simply going to try and convince a jury that somebody
else committed this double murder.
We learn below that 6 weeks ago, John ESCAPED from the prison where he was
being held, awaiting this trial. Hey, it seemed like a good time to launch an
escape, BEFORE a conviction is handed down. Because you can bet that if John
Joseph IS found guilty of the two killings, he will be placed in a
significantly more secure prison than where he was held while waiting for his
trial to begin. Unfortunately, he was recaptured about 28 hours after escaping.
i certainly hope the jury will NOT be told about this prison escape during the
trial. The escape has absolutely NO bearing upon John Joseph's guilt or
innocence with regard to the two murders, and would serve to PREJUDICE the jury
against him, if it were revealed at trial by prosecutors.
After killing his Parental Units, John Joseph allegedly stole their car and
credit cards, & went on a shopping spree. It is not clear whether John Joseph
ever confessed to the double murder, but he has stated that he felt intimidated
by the TWO separate police interrogations that he was subjected to, in the
days after his parents were found slaughtered. He co-operated with police,
allowed the "stolen" car to be searched, and told detectives that he did NOT
kill anyone. As the interrogations wore on, he might have made some type of
vaguely incriminating statements, but he initially professed his innocence, and
continues to do so now. IMO, prosecutors should have to PROVE, via PHYSICAL
evidence, that John committed this double murder. Circumstancial evidence such
as the fact that John used his parent's credit cards and car in the day or two
after they were murdered, should NOT be enough to allow a jury to render a
guilty verdict.
Take care, JOE
The following appears courtesy of the 5/5/98 online edition of The Savannah
Morning News newspaper:
Savannah man goes on trial for hacking-beating deaths
By Teresa Stepzinski Morris News Service
BRUNSWICK -- Jury selection is scheduled to begin Wednesday in the double
murder trial of a Savannah man charged with killing his father and stepmother
almost four years ago.
John Joseph "Joey" Mock II, 21, could receive the death penalty if convicted in
the hacking-beating deaths of John Mock, 41, and Kathleen Mock, 39.
The couple were killed Dec. 7, 1994, at their Offerman home in rural Pierce
County.
The trial was moved to Brunswick because of extensive news coverage in Pierce
County, where homicides are rare.
Joey Mock has pleaded not guilty to two counts of malice murder, armed robbery
and motor vehicle theft.
Six weeks ago, he escaped from the Pierce County Jail in Blackshear with
another man who was awaiting trial in the killing of his girlfriend. Both were
recaptured roughly 28 hours after the breakout.
Since then, Mock has been held under close supervision at an undisclosed
location.
Mock is accused of killing his father and stepmother, then stealing Kathleen
Mock's 1994 Mitsubishi 3000 sports car, and using the couple's credit cards on
a shopping spree.
John Mock taught reading to prison inmates while his wife was a temporary
contract letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service. Pierce County Sheriff
Richard King discovered the bodies when prison officials, worried about John
Mock's absence from work, asked police to check on their welfare.
John Mock was found dead on the floor beside a bed, while his wife was
discovered dead on a sofa in their home, which they had been renovating, police
have said.
Jury selection is expected to continue through Friday.
During a Dec. 1, 1997, pretrial hearing, Mock testified he felt intimidated by
GBI agents who questioned him twice after the slayings.
Mock testified he told the agents he did not kill the couple. He also said he
cooperated with investigators -- including driving the Mitsubishi sports car to
a GBI crime laboratory to be searched.
5/5/98
ImNot911
>From: joe1...@aol.com
BRUNSWICK -- Jury selection is scheduled to begin Wednesday in the double
murder trial of a Savannah man charged with killing his father and stepmother
almost four years ago.
John Joseph "Joey" Mock II, 21, could receive the death penalty if convicted in
the hacking-beating deaths of John Mock, 41, and Kathleen Mock, 39.
The couple were killed Dec. 7, 1994, at their Offerman home in rural Pierce
County.
*****Here's another case of a human slave who killed his legal owners, less
than two hundred miles away from the location of the Mock murders. The
unfortunate young man in this case, David McClure, Jr. is scheduled to be
legally murdered by my society. While awaiting trial this young man attempted
escape twice, and actually succeeded in one of his attempts. Anyway, I guess
the jury was afraid that if he were allowed to live he might escape again, so
it didn't take them much time to decide on legally sanctioned murder for this
hard nut desperado.
McClure facing death
Barnwell jury calls for capital punishment for man convicted of slaying
his father, father's girlfriend
Web posted Apr. 29 at 11:17 PM
By Kathy Steele
South Carolina Bureau
BARNWELL, S.C. -- Solicitor Barbara Morgan, in her closing arguments
Wednesday, called David McClure Jr. ``one of the most dangerous
criminals we can have in the state of South Carolina.''
A Barnwell County jury agreed, deciding in a little more than two hours
that the 20-year-old Williston man should die for the brutal stabbing
deaths of his father, David McClure Sr., 39, and his father's
girlfriend, Donna Fitzpatrick, 31.
Circuit Judge Edward Cottingham scheduled the execution by lethal
injection or electrocution for June 5. However, there is an automatic
appeal in death penalty cases that could take up to a year.
Other possible appeals make it likely that the execution is years away.
Mr. McClure is the fifth Aiken-area man sent to death row. The others
are Jerry McWee, Willie Hicks, Donnie Council and Stacey Jackson.
Missy Craig, the 9-year-old daughter of Ms. Fitzpatrick, sat between her
father and stepmother, Frank and Linda Craig, as the verdict was read.
She had testified in the trial, telling jurors she once saw David
McClure Jr. blacken his father's eye and give him a bloody nose.
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She and her sister, Kathy Fitzpatrick, 6, weren't at home the night of
the slayings.
``(The verdict) means a lot to me because of what he did to my mother,''
Missy said. ``He deserves everything he got. Life in prison would have
been good, but the death penalty was better.''
Missy's maternal grandmother, Thelma Autry, said she was pleased with
the death sentence.
``I was afraid if he got life in prison that he'd break out and he'd do
it to someone else,'' Mrs. Autry said.
Jack McClure, the victim's brother and the defendant's uncle, had
similar feelings. The whole family feared what the younger Mr. McClure
might do if he ever got out of prison, he said.
``He was always good at manipulating people,'' Jack McClure said. ``I
never did trust him, which is why he never stayed with me.''
The couple was found slain in their home Jan. 8, 1996. David McClure Sr.
had more than 30 cuts and stab wounds. A butcher knife was stuck in his
neck. Ms. Fitzpatrick had more than 50 wounds. The prosecution said she
fell and crawled into the kitchen, begging her attacker, ``Why are you
doing this to me?''
Her throat was essentially sawed in half with four slices of the knife
wielded by the defendant.
The prosecution said there was clear evidence that the younger Mr.
McClure, then 18, deliberately jabbed and cut at his victims to inflict
as much pain as possible.
In a taped confession, Mr. McClure told police the devil told him to do
the killings.
Mr. McClure's attorneys, Tim Moore and Walter Bedingfield, hoped to
persuade the jury that their client had been a victim of childhood abuse
at the hands of his father and later his stepfather. Two doctors and a
certified social worker testified that Mr. McClure Jr. suffered from
post-traumatic stress disorder from repeated exposure to violence and
had episodes during which he felt he was outside of his body watching
himself.
``He had to face conflicts and battles, not like a soldier in Vietnam,
but in the bedroom of his mother's home at age 2 and 3 and 4,'' Mr.
Moore said in his closing arguments.
When his parents divorced, Mr. McClure Jr.'s father kidnapped him nine
times, Mr. Moore said, and was jailed on two occasions for that. When
his mother remarried, the violence continued and the young boy was
beaten and locked in closets by his stepfather.
The jurors were the first under a new state law to be told by the trial
judge that a life sentence now means life without parole. Before, jurors
were left to wonder whether a defendant could be eligible for parole
after 20 or 30 years.
``It's got to be the worst penalty he can have, because he knows every
day of his life there's going to be no hope. All he can do to get out is
die,'' Mr. Bedingfield said in his arguments for a life sentence.
Ms. Morgan argued that the defendant was lying to fake mental illness
and never showed remorse. After his arrest, he made two escape attempts,
one from the Barnwell County jail and another in downtown Columbia while
being transported for a mental evaluation prior to his trial.
The solicitor told jurors Mr. McClure would kill again, either a prison
inmate or guard, if they let him live.
``His desire is to be as big and bad as he can be,'' Ms. Morgan said.
``He will do it again. He doesn't deserve 50 years to plan, to brag, to
do it again. Give the devil his due. Do the right thing.''
Joe1orbit
From: joe1...@aol.com
>
>BRUNSWICK -- Jury selection is scheduled to begin Wednesday in the double
>murder trial of a Savannah man charged with killing his father and stepmother
>almost four years ago.
>
>John Joseph "Joey" Mock II, 21, could receive the death penalty if convicted
>in
>the hacking-beating deaths of John Mock, 41, and Kathleen Mock, 39.
>
>The couple were killed Dec. 7, 1994, at their Offerman home in rural Pierce
>County.
imno...@aol.com (ImNot911) Wrote:
>*****Here's another case of a human slave who killed his legal owners, less
>than two hundred miles away from the location of the Mock >murders.
Hello,
Thanks for posting this fascinating news item. I just LOVE reading about
parricide cases, and it's nice to see how many slaves are choosing to rebel
violently, and slaughter their slaveowners.
> The
>unfortunate young man in this case, David McClure, Jr. is scheduled to be
>legally murdered by my society.
That is extremely unfortunate. How PERVERSE it is that a helpless child is
forced into slavery, with NO ATTEMPT made to determine the competency of his
slaveowners, and then, if the slave should rebel and claim violent vengeance
for the injustices that were perpetrated upon him, your INCREDIBBLY irrational
and hypocritical society gives itself the right to punitively punish the slave
who killed his owner(s). It's just so PERVERSE, it boggles my mind how ANY of
you humans can rationalize the profound immorality and maliciousness of the
society to which you pledge allegience.
> While awaiting trial this young man
>attempted
>escape twice, and actually succeeded in one of his attempts. Anyway, I guess
>the jury was afraid that if he were allowed to live he might escape again, so
>it didn't take them much time to decide on legally sanctioned murder for this
>hard nut desperado.
The jurors who chose to impose a legal murder upon David, a brutally abused
VICTIM of your society, are FAR more worthy of death themselves, than David
could ever be. That's about all I have to say. But I do appreciate the
interesting news article which you posted below.
Take care, JOE
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Greg Carr
Greg Carr
> You have no idea what you are talking about. His name want david and he didnt sell the car, he was caught with it still with him.
Life in prison - no parole: McClure gets two life terms, no parole, no right to appeal
David McClure, Jr. received two life sentences in the final resentencing in the 1996 double murder he was previously convicted of.
“This will conclude all litigation in this case,” Judge James Barber said to McClure before handing down his sentence.
Judge Barber’s concurrent sentences are for McClure to serve a term of life in prison for the 1996 murder of his father, David McClure Sr., and a term of life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 1996 murder of Donna Fitzpatrick.
McClure also gave up his right to appeal any part of the sentence.
McClure was originally sentenced to death for the two murders April 29, 1998 after being found guilty by a jury April 24, 1998.
Judge Edward Cottingham presided over the 1998 trial.
The case was remanded for resentencing by the South Carolina Supreme Court on Sept. 11, 2000 because the court felt the prosecutor, which was Barbara Morgan at the time of the original trial, had stepped across a line whereby she indicated that McClure did not feel remorse because he didn’t take the stand and say he was sorry.
At the resentencing, McClure’s attorney, Jeffrey Bloom, also presented the Judge with evidence he would have brought up if a deal with the state had not already been arranged.
One of those items was one he called the “most compelling legal issue.”
In his original trial, McClure’s family gave the Solicitor’s office home videos of McClure, his father, Fitzpatrick and her children.
Bloom said on examination of the tapes, an expert would testify that one of the tapes was “deliberately slowed down” to highlight McClure’s actions on the tape. He said McClure made a gesture of stabbing Fitzpatrick.
Based on that “tampering of evidence” a motion was filed to dismiss the death penalty sentence.
Bloom said the videos went from McClure’s family directly to the Solicitor’s office and suggested the “tampering” happened within that office.
Judge Barber said, “It (the video) raised some serious concerns with the court” as well as with the Solicitor’s office.
During the resentencing, McClure spoke briefly.
“Your honor, my family has been put through a lot and I am the one who put them through it,” McClure said.
He also expressed remorse for what he had done to his father and Fitzpatrick before Judge Barber handed down his sentence.
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